Marine drowns in San Jacinto River

Published 5:30 am, Saturday, June 17, 2006

A 28-year-old Marine drowned in the San Jacinto River on Friday, despite his father's efforts to save him.

Harris County Sheriff's Lt. E. Jones said the man's father went into the water to try to save his son. Deputies from the sheriff's marine division recovered the son at 6:27 p.m. Friday.

The father was "an older gentleman," according to law enforcement officials at the scene.

A witness who called the sheriff's department at about 4:30 p.m. reported seeing a man sink below the surface of the San Jacinto River, near the Magnolia Gardens subdivision in northeast Harris County.